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WoRMS taxon details
Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 AphiaID: 126436
| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
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Gadus Linnaeus, 1758
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| Parent | | Gadus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Synonymised taxa | |
Asellus major
Gadus arenosus Mitchill, 1815
Gadus callarias Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Gadus callarias kildinensis Derjugin, 1920
Gadus heteroglossus Walbaum, 1792
Gadus morhua callarias Linnaeus, 1758
Gadus morhua kildinensis Derjugin, 1920
Gadus morhua morhua Linnaeus, 1758
Gadus morrhua Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
Gadus nanus Faber, 1829
Gadus ruber Lacepède, 1803 (synonym)
Gadus rupestris Mitchill, 1815
Gadus vertagus Walbaum, 1792
Morhua punctatus Fleming, 1828
Morhua vulgaris Fleming, 1828
Morrhua americana Storer, 1839
Morrhua vulgaris Fleming, 1828 (misspelling)
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| Sources | |
basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]
additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]
additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 252 [details]
additional source: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 252 [details]
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Vernacular Names | | |
Direct child taxa | | Subspecies Gadus morhua callarias Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Gadus morhua kildinensis Derjugin, 1920 accepted as Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Gadus morhua macrocephalus Tilesius, 1810 accepted as Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius, 1810
Subspecies Gadus morhua marisalbi Derjugin, 1920 accepted as Gadus ogac Richardson, 1836
Subspecies Gadus morhua morhua Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies Gadus morhua ogac Richardson, 1836 accepted as Gadus ogac Richardson, 1836
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Distribution | | Baltic sea (from synonym) [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Birkenfels (shipwreck) [details]
British Isles [details]
Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Grevelingen [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
IJsselmeer (from synonym) [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Oostduinkerke [details]
Oostende (from synonym) [details]
Oosterschelde [details]
Schelde estuary (from synonym) [details]
Voordelta [details]
Westerschelde (from synonym) [details]
Wimereux [details]
Zeeschelde [details]
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| Links | | To FishBase
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To GenBank
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To FAO Species fact sheets
To Barcode of Life (52 barcodes)
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Diet: Bottom feeders; consume redfish, capelin, sand lance and young cod [details]
Distribution: southern Baffin Island to Cape Hatteras [details]
Habitat: Found from the shoreline to the edge of the continental slope. [details]
Habitat: nektonic [details]
Importance: Social- Minor commercial [details]
Predators: Larger cod, squid, pollock, seals, whales and dolphins [details]
Reproduction: Spawn once per year, beginning as early as February and ending as late as December [details]
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Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758 added on 2006-09-14 - author: VLIZ (Decleer) qualitystatus: not checked |
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Gilson (1921, figuur 63) added on 2008-06-12 - author: Anoniem in Gilson, G. (1921) scan provided by VLIZ - www.wetenschatten.be qualitystatus: not checked |
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Olsen (1883, kaart 20) added on 2008-07-24 - author: O.T. Olsen scan provided by VLIZ - www.wetenschatten.be qualitystatus: not checked |
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Poll (1947, figuur 130) added on 2008-08-12 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Smitt) scan provided by VLIZ - www.wetenschatten.be qualitystatus: not checked |
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Gadus morhua added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked |
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Gadus morhua added on 2009-04-25 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked |
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Gadus morhua added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ qualitystatus: not checked |
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Gadus morhua added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ qualitystatus: not checked |
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| | | Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758. In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126436 on 2010-09-02 |
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